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Occasional ContributorCyclone 10 GX FPGA Development Kit - board test system
Hello.
I want to use BoardTest System application with 10GX Kit, but always get following message:
Embedded download cable is not working, so I use external Terrasic Blaster, connected to J11.
Quartus programmer is able to scan JTAG chain with this programmer.
My Quartus version is 19.1 Pro.
In system variables I've changed QUARTUS_ROOTDIR to Q19.1_inst_folder/quartus. I did this, because starting Quartus did not change this variable, as described in user guide.
Terrasic Blaster has an LED, indicating activity. I see, that it blinks once, when I start BoardTestSystem.exe
So my questions are:
Does BoardTestSystem.exe work with Quartus 19.1 and external Terrasic blaster?
Thank you.
Best regards,
Oleg.
Now I've tried original USB-Blaster II. BoardTestSystem works!
I did not try with Q19.1. Only on 17.1
So Terrasic Blaster is not really good.
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OlegTUnfortunately the Terrasic Blaster does not support changing clock. During JTAG chain scan from Quartus Programmer I see, that the TCK is about 1.3MHz
May be Terrasic Blaster is not the one I have to use.
- OlegT
Now I've tried original USB-Blaster II. BoardTestSystem works!
I did not try with Q19.1. Only on 17.1
So Terrasic Blaster is not really good.
AR_A_IntelSuper Contributor
Sounds good, thanks for sharing and hope everything is working well at your side. This thread will be transitioned to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you
